The CBRE firm says it has been hired to sell the Village Place apartment complex in West Palm Beach. The 202-unit property is at 2111 Brandywine Road, overlooking the Bear Lakes Country Club. CBRE did not disclose an asking price. The owner, ML Casa IV LP, paid $12.9 million in 2010, Palm Beach County property records show. All across South Florida, apartment complexes are in high demand from investors, who can command robust rental rates due to low vacancies. Coldwell Banker honors agents Boca Raton 's Claire Sheres was recognized recently by Coldwell Banker for ranking among the top 1 percent of the firm's sales associates in 2013.

La Crepe, which serves about 100 menu items that includes crepes, omelets and sandwiches, is now open in Fort Lauderdale at 6250 N. Federal Hwy. The restaurant is run by Eric Chelly, a French chef who has owned at least three other eateries in South Florida. La Crepe's selections include Philly steak crepes, brie cheese, roasted apple and bacon strips crepes, sweet dessert crepes, soups and salads. The new Fort Lauderdale joint features French paintings on its walls, an open kitchen and a dining room overlooking a patio and water fountain.

Joel Glazer, co-owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, sold his Palm Beach home for $7.5 million - $1.8 million less than he paid in 2007, property records show. Glazer and his wife, Angela, unloaded the property at 535 S. County Road to an entity whose registered agent is Francis X. Lynch of West Palm Beach. The five-bedroom estate with a guest house previously was listed at $8.6 million. The deed was recorded Sept. 12. Glazer could not be reached for comment through a Bucs spokesman, who did not return a phone call.

A Carvel ice cream shop, has opened in Palm Beach Gardens at 4254 Northlake Blvd. The new shop is hosting opening specials through Sept. 27, offering buy one, get one deals for shakes, cakes and sundaes. The Palm Beach Gardens location features the companies' new store design, which includes new dipping cabinets and a topping bar and a large display section for Carvel's signature ice cream cakes. The Atlanta-based ice cream franchise celebrated its 80 t h anniversary this year.

Kike Hernandez had a poignant discussion over Facebook Sunday night with the mother of close friend Franky Portela, who passed away shortly before the end of the minor league season last month. Hernandez was excused for a few days from Triple-A New Orleans to attend the funeral in Puerto Rico. At that time, Portela's mother told Hernandez he would hit a home run in his first game back with the Marlins. Starting Sunday for the first time since being recalled, Hernandez drove a David Buchanan pitch into the right-field bleachers in his second at-bat.

Bass Pro Shops will open its first Palm Beach County store at the former Carls Furniture in North Palm Beach. NAI/Merin Hunter Codman of West Palm Beach negotiated the $5.5 million sale of the 76,000 square-foot building at 11940 US 1. No word yet on an opening date. Carls closed the store in 2011, but other retail and office tenants remained in the building until last summer. The furniture retailer shut down company operations this summer after 73 years, saying it wasn't able to fully recover from the recession.